Ferries
Port activities linked to the handling of ferries and ferry passengers. Includes passenger terminal investment.
Motril port officially opens passenger terminal
Motril (Spain) January 18, 2018 – Motril port has taken advantage of the launch of Fitur fair in Madrid on January 17 to deliver symbolically to the...
Cruise business could be key to Marina di Carrara
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) January 18, 2018 – At a recent Porto Lab event in Carrara, the possible role of the cruise industry in the future of...
Brittany Ferries to launch Cork-Santander service in April
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) January 16, 2018 – Brittany Ferries plans to launch a service connecting Spain’s Santander port to Ireland’s Cork...
Germany’s FRS acquires ship for Motril-Tanger Med line
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) January 10, 2018 – German group Förde Reederei Seetouristik GmbH & Co. KG (FRS) has acquired the “MV Miranda”...
Ceuta-Algeciras line handles slightly less passengers y/y in Jan-Nov 2017
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) January 4, 2018 – The Gibraltar Strait maritime line established between the ports of Ceuta and Algeciras is close to reaching...
AlmerÃa port expects ferry traffic to rise by 16% in 2017
AlmerÃa, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2018 – AlmerÃa port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de AlmerÃa) expects the number of ferry passengers handled in...
Ceuta call for links to Moroccan ports
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2018 – Ceuta president, Juan Vivas (PP), has formally made a request to the central Spanish government for the...
Innovative Magazine interviews Matteo Catani, President and CEO of Grandi Navi Veloci
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 27, 2017 – The French-language Innovative Magazine has published an interview with Matteo Catani, President and CEO...
Rigel II ferry has been restored to the Durrës-Bari line
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) December 26, 2017 – The “Rigel II” ferry has been restored to the Durrës-Bari line due to the increasing...
Durrës port traffic up 7% in Jan-Nov 2017
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) December 24, 2017 – During the first 11 months of 2017, the port of Durrës handled 3.4 million tons of goods, up 7% on...
Strait of Gibraltar line passenger traffic falls in Jan-Oct 2017
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) December 21, 2017 – The maritime line of the Strait of Gibraltar between the ports of Ceuta and Algeciras exceeded 1,600,000...
Corsica Linea predicts excellent year
Ajaccio, Corsica, France (PortSEurope) December 20, 2017 –Â Pascal Trojani, head of Corsica Linea, has said that he expects excellent results for the...
Port community of southern Corsica met at the Ajaccio ferry terminal
Ajaccio, Corsica, France (PortSEurope) December 20, 2017 – Shipping companies, agents, material handlers, ships services, harbor authorities met last...
Baleà ria cancels 12 ferry trips to MelillaÂ
Melilla, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – Spanish company Baleà ria EurolÃnias MarÃtimas S.A. has suspended 12 ferry trips between the ports of...
Spain’s Boluda profit rises 30% in 2016
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – Spanish company Boluda Corporación MarÃtima recorded a profit of €36 million ($42.3 million) in 2016,...
Baleà ria to start operating at Valencia, Sagunto, GandÃa ports on Dec 14
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Spanish company Baleà ria EurolÃnias MarÃtimas S.A. plans to start providing ferry and cruise passenger...
Ferry traffic at Durrës port up 8% in Jan-Nov 2017
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) December 6, 2017 – The Durrës-Bari and Durrës-Ancona-Trieste ferry lines, during the period January-November of 2017,...
Nordikmaritime to increase frequency of Bilbao-Esbjerg service
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 27, 2017 – Shipping company Nordikmaritime plans to increase the frequency of its regular freight line connecting the...
Valenciaport publishes improved Jan-Oct 2017 traffic figures
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 20, 2017 –Â Valenciaport closed the month of October with 4,043,251 TEU, a figure that represents an increase of...
Corsica Linéa to operate Mostaganem to Marseille service
Mostaganem, Algeria (PortSEurope) November 19, 2017 –Â Ryad Bouledjouidja, CEO of Entreprise Portuaire de Mostaganem (the Port Authority of Mostaganem),...